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The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Colin Matthews, Bartok, Prokofiev and Roy Harris. Plus the BBC Singers in Hugh Wood. Presented by Katie Derham.

Katie Derham presents a week of music recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, including two concerts on Wednesday and Friday, marking the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Today's music includes concerts recorded recently on the BBC Symphony Orchestra's trip to the Prague Summer Festival, featuring Alina Ibragimova in Bartok's Second Violin Concerto.

2pm
Colin Matthews: Traces Remain
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.2.20
Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3.00
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3.40
Hugh Wood: Three Choruses, Op.7
BBC Singers
Charles Peebles, conductor

c.3.50
Harris: Violin Concerto
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 27 Jun 201614:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Colin Matthews

    Traces Remain

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Béla Bartók

    Violin Concerto No.2

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 5 in Bb Op.100

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Hugh Wood

    3 Choruses Op. 7

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Charles Peebles.

  • Roy Harris

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

Credits

PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra
PerformerBBC Singers

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Jun 201614:00
    BBC Radio 3

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